That's a solid explanation of the difference between gender and sex. The problem, as you rightly note, is that most people haven't studied the topic, which leads to confused claims like "trans women are women." The error is easy to spot: the proper claim would be of the form "trans women are female-gendered men."

Of course, even THAT conflates sex and gender: the only actual trans women are male-gendered women, precisely the reverse of those inaccurately referred to as "trans women." But lately, more people have been getting educated, leading to increased usage of the terms transfem (female-gendered men) and transmasc (male-gendered women). Widespread adoption of those terms would surely clear up a lot of the needless confusion, frustration, and animosity that's been going around!

Trans people have it hard enough getting people to recognize their gender; it's a double-whammy that so many (even within the trans community!) get their sex wrong as well, likely a relic of the days when one spoke of "sex-change operations" (as if one ever hope to change one's sex!).But I think that's a solid explanation of the difference between gender and sex. The problem, as you rightly note, is that most people haven't studied the topic, which leads to confused claims like "trans women are women." The error is easy to spot: the proper claim would be of the form "trans women are female-gendered men."

Of course, even THAT conflates sex and gender: the only actual trans women are male-gendered women, precisely the reverse of those inaccurately referred to as "trans women." But lately, more people have been getting educated, leading to increased usage of the terms transfem (female-gendered men) and transmasc (male-gendered women). Widespread adoption of those terms would surely clear up a lot of the needless confusion, frustration, and animosity that's been going around!

That's a solid explanation of the difference between gender and sex. The problem, as you rightly note, is that most people haven't studied the topic, which leads to confused claims like "trans women are women." The error is easy to spot: the proper claim would be of the form "trans women are female-gendered men."

Of course, even THAT conflates sex and gender: the only actual trans women are male-gendered women, precisely the reverse of those inaccurately referred to as "trans women." But lately, more people have been getting educated, leading to increased usage of the terms transfem (female-gendered men) and transmasc (male-gendered women). Widespread adoption of those terms would surely clear up a lot of the needless confusion, frustration, and animosity that's been going around!

Trans people have it hard enough getting people to recognize their gender; it's a double-whammy that so many (even within the trans community!) get their sex wrong as well, likely a relic of the days when one spoke of "sex-change operations" (as if one ever hope to change one's sex!).